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collateral murder was committed in iraq the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but it was a lower say it's not government persecution that they fear the greatest fear that i have regarding the outcome. for america of these disclosures is that nothing will change the administration is not trying to convince the american people that government secrets programs are a trade off they have to make in the name of national security they always have the same stories about you know science manning's known you know psychological stories what is wrong with these people cause them to do this i mean the real question is what is wrong with everyone else from who doesn't see what they can see but whistleblowers are not the only targets there is an obligation both moral but also legal i believe against a reporter that was the chairman of the house committee on cutting teligent and terrorism peter king calling to punish the journalist who exposed the government surveillance programs in its hunt for meeks the obama admin
collateral murder was committed in iraq the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but it was a lower say it's not government persecution that they fear the greatest fear that i have regarding the outcome. for america of these disclosures is that nothing will change the administration is not trying to convince the american people that government secrets programs are a trade off they have to make in the name of...
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again come back to the obama administration which was very much on the defensive. people using the word "scandal" because it kept the information about the extent and magnitude of the surveillance and now they can put on their police hats and say we're just trying to bring this guy to justice, he broke the law. look, he went to moscow, that tells you something, they can say, about his motivation. >> this is an opening for them and i can't imagine that they will miss it. i mean they have been on the defensive. you know, this guy made a kind of a cute, sympathetic, young, civil libertarian face. now they'll jump on this and, as you say, question his motives, talk about espionage and just kind of focus on the justice element of this. it's crazy not to. >> were the media helping to build upped ward snowden has a bit of a hero or anti-hero and is that now going to change? >> oh, sure. any time you have a good face and the kind of government overreach or government snooping issue was already hot and the media gets really into that. with the a.p. leaks and stuff like that
again come back to the obama administration which was very much on the defensive. people using the word "scandal" because it kept the information about the extent and magnitude of the surveillance and now they can put on their police hats and say we're just trying to bring this guy to justice, he broke the law. look, he went to moscow, that tells you something, they can say, about his motivation. >> this is an opening for them and i can't imagine that they will miss it. i mean...
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>> it means that the obama's administration nse need to get the paperwork right. if we can't get that right, how do you think our friends are viewing this as a priority. where is president obama? he needs to speak very clearly to these countries and say, this is our number one priority. get him back here. >> eric: all right. i guess if he gets to venezuela he'll never come back and reports he? moscow as we follow his flight path. good to see you. thank you. >> jamie: another big story that has not gone away. have we made any progress. new concerns over the obama's administration initial commitment to getting to the bottom of irs scandal. it's been more than five weeks since the president vowed to find out who was behind the targeting of conservative groups. f.b.i. investigators haven't spoken to any of the victims. let's bring in our political panel. ford oh comp and chris kathena former chief of staff for john manchin. gentlemen, good morning. >> they are wondering who was targeting. how high did it go up and will we ever know for sure? >> all the evidence to thi
>> it means that the obama's administration nse need to get the paperwork right. if we can't get that right, how do you think our friends are viewing this as a priority. where is president obama? he needs to speak very clearly to these countries and say, this is our number one priority. get him back here. >> eric: all right. i guess if he gets to venezuela he'll never come back and reports he? moscow as we follow his flight path. good to see you. thank you. >> jamie: another...
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the scandal that arose in washington before our stories began is about the fact that the obama administration is trying to criminalize journalism by going through the phone records of a.p. reporters, and co-conspirators in felonies in working with sources, that means every journalist in the united states who works with their sources, receives classified information is a criminal. it's precisely those theories
the scandal that arose in washington before our stories began is about the fact that the obama administration is trying to criminalize journalism by going through the phone records of a.p. reporters, and co-conspirators in felonies in working with sources, that means every journalist in the united states who works with their sources, receives classified information is a criminal. it's precisely those theories
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government meanwhile is interested in spoken saying on the messenger of the obama administration has charged more with that lowers with espionage then all of the previous as an administrator. just combined all the whistleblowers including snowden maintained that they have made the revelations for for the public good for the public to be able to make informed decisions as they say more about that in my report. america is split on edward snowden traitor hero mixed in between but regardless of what anyone thinks about snowden his revelations have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded a former n.s.a. employee william binney was prosecuted as a traitor when he blew the whistle on the government's sweeping collection of data and communications it's setting up a tele tarion state. when the government has that much information they can do those things they can use the i.r.s. to intimidate people or anything else they can send the f.b.i. people what they did to me and some others bradl
government meanwhile is interested in spoken saying on the messenger of the obama administration has charged more with that lowers with espionage then all of the previous as an administrator. just combined all the whistleblowers including snowden maintained that they have made the revelations for for the public good for the public to be able to make informed decisions as they say more about that in my report. america is split on edward snowden traitor hero mixed in between but regardless of...
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ron wyden and mark udall has been running around the country for three years now saying the obama administration has been using secret law to engage in domestic spying that would stun the american people and yet they were prevented even members of the senate intelligence committee were prevented from
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ron wyden and mark udall has been running around the country for three years now saying the obama administration has been using secret law to engage in domestic spying that would stun the american people and yet they were prevented even members of the senate intelligence committee were prevented from telling uses as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about.s as americans what is that they were so al lamped about. as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about. so i'd like to see people tell me or anybody what those other ways are. the problem is that these things were suppressed and concealed until he stepped forward and exposed it. and that seems to be a much more important question than what country he's choosing to go to. >>> this just in, the official twitter account of ecuador's foreign minister has just tweeted in spanish and english that, quote, the government of ecuador has received an asylum request from edward snowden. so let's go back to my panel. ecuador seems to be certainly outside the reach of the u.s.. >> they do. i just checked, they do have an extraditi
ron wyden and mark udall has been running around the country for three years now saying the obama administration has been using secret law to engage in domestic spying that would stun the american people and yet they were prevented even members of the senate intelligence committee were prevented from telling uses as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about.s as americans what is that they were so al lamped about. as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about. so i'd...
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that whistleblowers have to flee from because of course at the moment the obama administration is waging a war on whistleblowers not just ed snowden but also people like bradley manning in his awful trial in conditions and also a whole range of other whistle blows from the cia and in the n.s.a. for example john kiriakou of the cia who exposed the u.s. to the program is the one currently languishing in prison for thirty months not the top troops so i think the irony that people have to fear the u.s. when all they're trying to do is expose the crimes of us must be better than our viewer said apparently warned hong kong authorities ahead of today's developments or how do you think this war that the relations between the. well hong kong was just going by the legal books so really the u.s. doesn't have anything to complain about but yes there was a sort of slow warming of the diplomatic relationships between china and the u.s. and i think it's probably said it backwards. however i would suggest that snowden has done public service not only to the u.s. people but to the pull of the world and e
that whistleblowers have to flee from because of course at the moment the obama administration is waging a war on whistleblowers not just ed snowden but also people like bradley manning in his awful trial in conditions and also a whole range of other whistle blows from the cia and in the n.s.a. for example john kiriakou of the cia who exposed the u.s. to the program is the one currently languishing in prison for thirty months not the top troops so i think the irony that people have to fear the...
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you can anticite that the obama administration will not even push bac on what this union is demandingor its employees. it is a shame here. the obama administration will kowtow to the friends who are union thugs and the leadership of the unions arethugs d they will not push back. unfortunately becauset gives a bad name to the bther and sisters in the union who want to produce well for the american public and do their job. it is the leadership that is engage in the thuggery that obama will not push back. >> we have no idea how high up the scandal goes. if the irs is able or willing t target conservative groups. we learnedhat the fbi director muler said they are targeting americans with drones. your thoughts? >> that's very disturbing. i think what muler is telling us hey, america on.s. soil, we are going to shoot you down just a little bit, because he's talking about the minimal impact of drones on u.s. soil. and now, wt this allows us to understand though, that ram paul was right when the senator engaged in the filibuster and what he asked for a couple of months ago. he asked for the una
you can anticite that the obama administration will not even push bac on what this union is demandingor its employees. it is a shame here. the obama administration will kowtow to the friends who are union thugs and the leadership of the unions arethugs d they will not push back. unfortunately becauset gives a bad name to the bther and sisters in the union who want to produce well for the american public and do their job. it is the leadership that is engage in the thuggery that obama will not...
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government because of the record of the obama administration on people who disclose wrongdoing, that political officials are doing in the dark. he's apparently headed to a democratic country who will grant him asylum from this persecuti persecution. >> so he does not intend to return to the united states, he intends to fight extradition. you have been in contact with him. is there additional information he is prepared to leak to bolster his and your claim that he is actually a whistleblower, and not a criminal, responsible for espionage? >> sure. i think the key definition of whistleblower is somebody who brings to light what political officials do in the dark, that is either deceitful or illegal. in this case, there's a "new york times" article just this morning that describes that one of the revelations that he enabled that we reported is that the director of national intelligence, james clapper, went before the u.s. congress and lied outright when asked if the nsa is collecting data on millions americans. director clapper's response was, no, sir. as "the new york times" said today
government because of the record of the obama administration on people who disclose wrongdoing, that political officials are doing in the dark. he's apparently headed to a democratic country who will grant him asylum from this persecuti persecution. >> so he does not intend to return to the united states, he intends to fight extradition. you have been in contact with him. is there additional information he is prepared to leak to bolster his and your claim that he is actually a...
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how is the obama administration responding to this? it seems almost like a passive nonparticipant in this saga. >> don't know that's fair, tucker. apparently they sent an extradition request to the hong kong authorities. hong kong authorities said it did not fully comply with their laws. my guess is they just wanted him out of the country and didn't want to have to deal with him. there's a limit to what the obama administration can do at this point. if countries like china and russia and maybe a third country whether it's cuba or venezuela or iceland wants to accept edward snowden there's not much the u.s. can do about it. >> i guess that's the next question. if he arrives on iceland, gordon saying if he was a betting man 70% he's going to go iceland at least what he thinks. what do you make of that? what does the obama administration try to do if he lands in a country like iceland. >> not like we're going to send navy s.e.a.l.s. we'll go through legal channels and seek extradition, apparently. snowden had said this before that iceland
how is the obama administration responding to this? it seems almost like a passive nonparticipant in this saga. >> don't know that's fair, tucker. apparently they sent an extradition request to the hong kong authorities. hong kong authorities said it did not fully comply with their laws. my guess is they just wanted him out of the country and didn't want to have to deal with him. there's a limit to what the obama administration can do at this point. if countries like china and russia and...
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government snooping slam be the obama administration. >> the obama administration has been engaged in an unprecedented war against whistleblowers who bring transparency to what they are doing. he believes it is vital he stay out of the clutch of the u.s. government because of the record of the obama administration of people who disclose wrongdoing as what political officials are doing. he is head to the a democratic country that will grant asylum from the persecution. >> heather: where does the case go from here? snowden, is he a traitor or is he a hero and a whistle blower? >> it is hard to answer that question until we know what he reveal. i didn't know what state secrets were revealed or what he signed. i would tend more toward hero but he is a whistleblower hero more than a criminal. obviously, some laws must have been broken because he clearly broke some employment agreement. we do not know what that was. we do not know what was revealed that has so far damaged the intelligence capability of the country. >> heather: we know the documents previously leaked by snowden revealed the
government snooping slam be the obama administration. >> the obama administration has been engaged in an unprecedented war against whistleblowers who bring transparency to what they are doing. he believes it is vital he stay out of the clutch of the u.s. government because of the record of the obama administration of people who disclose wrongdoing as what political officials are doing. he is head to the a democratic country that will grant asylum from the persecution. >> heather:...
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administration has already targeted its it's trying to set the precedent. the communicating with the media is the same as communicating with the enemy and it's a death penalty offense the administration doesn't have to go after each other or he certainly it's enough to create an environment of fear but will that fear stop information from coming out here is that we're snowden's answer to that part of the kone in response is simply build better whistleblower he said in washington i'm going to stick around. and the hong kong authorities are reacting rather cool lead to us warnings saying they won't hand snowden over if they deem his prosecution to be politically motivated meanwhile the thirty year old americans revealed not only u.s. telecom giants were targeted by washington but chinese ones as well the department of justice whistleblower just when the rabbit believes it should be a citizen's right to expose data wrongdoings in the u.s. so far the path for whistle blowing has been pretty dim because president obama has led a war on whistleblowers prosecuting
administration has already targeted its it's trying to set the precedent. the communicating with the media is the same as communicating with the enemy and it's a death penalty offense the administration doesn't have to go after each other or he certainly it's enough to create an environment of fear but will that fear stop information from coming out here is that we're snowden's answer to that part of the kone in response is simply build better whistleblower he said in washington i'm going to...
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the difference between obama administration and bush administration, is under obama, whether one approves of it or not, it was legal. however, snowden was breaking the law. he took an oath. to protect the secrets. he was given these secrets to protect and he has broken the law on several occasions. does that mean he should be shot at dawn? no. but the -- does that mean he should be treated like benedict arnold? not necessarily. but let's not pretend he didn't break the law. however, the president needs to come out and say clearly, if the government knows more about the people than ever before, easier than ever for us to -- for the government to learn about us, it needs to be easier for us to learn about what the government is doing in our name. so we need, at a minimum, much more transparency about the fisa court. much more transparency about what these programs do. that does not jeopardizes national security for there to be more information about these programs. >> i don't disagree with that. i think many of us are uncomfortable with the idea. snowden is now traveling around with four la
the difference between obama administration and bush administration, is under obama, whether one approves of it or not, it was legal. however, snowden was breaking the law. he took an oath. to protect the secrets. he was given these secrets to protect and he has broken the law on several occasions. does that mean he should be shot at dawn? no. but the -- does that mean he should be treated like benedict arnold? not necessarily. but let's not pretend he didn't break the law. however, the...
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is this an opportunity to hammer the obama administration, quite frankly? >> the politics on this is rather weird. you've got libertarian republicans on the one hand then you've got progressive democrats on the other who are aligned and some of them think snowden is a hero. then you've got most of republicans, i would say, and you've got many democrats, including leadership like schuer, like nancy pelosi who do not see him as a hero and do not condone or like what he's done and are against it, as is the obama administration. it is a weird conundrum politically. you've got weird bed fellows going on here. i'm not sure that russia and china qualify as friends with few benefits. i think they are enemies with benefits. they've clearly proven they are are no friends of ours. yet they get a great deal of benefits from the strategic alliances economic and otherwise they have with us. >> who knew there would be a worst diplomatic crisis than the bob kraft ring story? now we have it. what is interesting about the politics, she hit the nail on the head that americans
is this an opportunity to hammer the obama administration, quite frankly? >> the politics on this is rather weird. you've got libertarian republicans on the one hand then you've got progressive democrats on the other who are aligned and some of them think snowden is a hero. then you've got most of republicans, i would say, and you've got many democrats, including leadership like schuer, like nancy pelosi who do not see him as a hero and do not condone or like what he's done and are...
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obama administration? >> actually the obama administrati administration. >> is it a fact that the obama administration is going after these more so than bush? >> ruthlessly. they're designed to go out for spies and whistle blowers. he's gone after more whistle blowers and truth terms and that all combined. >> they call you a traitor and a turn coat. >> yeah. a sort of benedict arnold in this country. >> is it true? were you? >> no. simply holding up the mirror in terms of holding up the wrong illegality. that became a criminal act. >> right. you were charged with ten counts under the espionage act facing life in prison. what did you ultimately get? >> i faced 35 years. i ended out pleading out with a minor misdemeanor. others are in jail, serve time in jail or are facing prison. >> do you consider yourself a hero or a disgruntled employee. >> just an american who took an oath during my government career. >> you told the truth as you saw it because you thought the government was doing something that was ext
obama administration? >> actually the obama administrati administration. >> is it a fact that the obama administration is going after these more so than bush? >> ruthlessly. they're designed to go out for spies and whistle blowers. he's gone after more whistle blowers and truth terms and that all combined. >> they call you a traitor and a turn coat. >> yeah. a sort of benedict arnold in this country. >> is it true? were you? >> no. simply holding up the...
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administration to obama care, dodd-frank, for big business, government, not good for middle class america, small savers, small businesses. >> bob, your thoughts about bernanke's comments, what it says about the economy, the reaction from the markets? >> first of all, the strategy is a risky one. five years effectively zero interest rates. let's face it, it is an experiment, no one has ever done it. i think within the fed, they're saying geez, we're going to have to get out of it at some point in a tentative, sounded like greenspan, on one hand, on the other hand you didn't know what he meant. the idea it is not going to last forever sent a real shock to the markets. and the question is, and this is the looming one, what's the real condition of the american economy? this is an artificial boost to it. if you take the artificialality out, where does it go? i think this should be roman numeral i for obama and congress, they've got to do something. their role in the economy. they just punted by and large. >> let's pick up on that because as julie said, there's the argument in its own way that
administration to obama care, dodd-frank, for big business, government, not good for middle class america, small savers, small businesses. >> bob, your thoughts about bernanke's comments, what it says about the economy, the reaction from the markets? >> first of all, the strategy is a risky one. five years effectively zero interest rates. let's face it, it is an experiment, no one has ever done it. i think within the fed, they're saying geez, we're going to have to get out of it at...
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. >> do you think major media outlets have sufficiently scrutinized the obama administrations targeting of whistleblowers? >> i'm not sure. i think that the ap issued and the fox news issue created greater awareness and more focus on the obama administrations aggressive stance towards leakers. i think that that is more well known. it is gotten more scrutiny. and it may not have gotten much attention before. it will get more now. >> we're almost out of time. before i ask the last question, i have a couple of matters to take care of. i want to remind you of our upcoming speakers. we have carly fiorina. we have jim rogers. second, i would like to present our guest with a traditional coffee mug. >> great. thank you. thank you very much. >> we have had a serious hour. our sources tell us that you like to use rock lyrics in your speeches. could you find lyrics that would describe what has happened with the ap in doj? -- and doj? [laughter] >> let me think. do you have another question? >> that's it. >> "gimme shelter." and, another rolling stones song, "this could be the last time." [laughter
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meanwhile, the larger context about the insider threat program by the obama administration. that is further scaring of people that something really ominous is happening beyond snowden. >> i have to say schieffer used history of the world because rosa parks didn't have the government casing them giving away secrets. this is ridiculous. no, government was harassing them. he did something against the u.s. government and had to flee. it's a completely different situation. >> he did sign a contract. he violated that contract because of that what people do. he has information and he has a platform. >> rick about s about this. three months into the job he is leaking stuff. >> jon: next on news watch a lesson in the press. >> maine's governor takes a page from the obama playbook in dealing with bad press. cbs news anchor scott pelley makes the news watch list again. find out what he did next on news watch. [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where giving up isn't who you are. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your
meanwhile, the larger context about the insider threat program by the obama administration. that is further scaring of people that something really ominous is happening beyond snowden. >> i have to say schieffer used history of the world because rosa parks didn't have the government casing them giving away secrets. this is ridiculous. no, government was harassing them. he did something against the u.s. government and had to flee. it's a completely different situation. >> he did sign...
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it came days after the obama administration they would supply small arms to the rebels. critics say it's too little, too late. joining us us is brett stephens and matt cominsky. so he went over there to persuade vladimir putin supporting assad and try to get rid of him. they didn't succeed? >> for the last two years to get russia to do that. they don't want assad to leave. syria is their own arab ally. only port in the black sea and vladimir putin doesn't want to see the west enter vaccine and push assad out. it's a bad precedent for him at home. >> paul: one of president obama's big goals was to reset relations with russia. what has he had to show for it? >> he has to salt treaty over nuclear reduction. otherwise, very little. by the way, he wasn't the first president to restart relations with russia. george w. bush tried in back in 2001 and you find yourself disappointed by vladimir putin he is a soviet men believes the greatest tragedy was the fall of the soviet empire. what he has been trying to reconstitute that empire. keeping syria and hue mill crating the united
it came days after the obama administration they would supply small arms to the rebels. critics say it's too little, too late. joining us us is brett stephens and matt cominsky. so he went over there to persuade vladimir putin supporting assad and try to get rid of him. they didn't succeed? >> for the last two years to get russia to do that. they don't want assad to leave. syria is their own arab ally. only port in the black sea and vladimir putin doesn't want to see the west enter...
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not getting be billed through has given the obama administration almost free rein in terms of driving an agenda which in some parts of the country is not really the best way to do it. think we should do a reauthorization. we should have policies set by congress and not abdicated to the secretary's office. >> i want to talk to about the little college. theent loan debt is at highest level of consumer debt out of there. because of of a college education tuition is outgrowing any thing. what sort of role does congress have to say and how much it college education should cost? we talked about was student loan interest rate should be. do they have a role to play? you look at the size of the budget which is part of the budget that deals with higher tens ofn, it is billions of dollars. should not just be filling up a tire that has a leak in it. we should plug the leak in terms of where the money is going to higher and higher tuition costs. the reasons for those increases are not because we have tried to help with some of these programs. has been a retreat in terms of support for higher educa
not getting be billed through has given the obama administration almost free rein in terms of driving an agenda which in some parts of the country is not really the best way to do it. think we should do a reauthorization. we should have policies set by congress and not abdicated to the secretary's office. >> i want to talk to about the little college. theent loan debt is at highest level of consumer debt out of there. because of of a college education tuition is outgrowing any thing. what...
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the obama administration has never ever explained why that kid was killed. was he killed because his last anytime was alawaki? because no one's ever provided any evidence that that kid had anything to do with terrorism. you know, if you look at his facebook and see what the interests were up to the moment he died, this was a perfectly normal teenager who had nothing in common with his father. this kid is killed with his teenage cousins, and after he's killed, a u.s. military official leaks that he was 21 years old, that the family produces his colorado birth certificate saying he turned 16 years old. well, he was at the al-qaeda meeting, and they showed the list of the dead showing they were all teenagers. well, he was meeting with a propagandaist. that map is still alive to this day. who was the target in the strike? why was the kid killed? when harry reid was on cnn, the majority leader, the seen your your -- senior, and he's on cnn, and he's asked about the killing of these three american citizens, and he said i'm not talking about classified intelligence
the obama administration has never ever explained why that kid was killed. was he killed because his last anytime was alawaki? because no one's ever provided any evidence that that kid had anything to do with terrorism. you know, if you look at his facebook and see what the interests were up to the moment he died, this was a perfectly normal teenager who had nothing in common with his father. this kid is killed with his teenage cousins, and after he's killed, a u.s. military official leaks that...
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the obama administration defends the surveillance programs as an indispensable matter of security. >> my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances. >> question, the u.s. government has decided in secret that intrusions on the privacy of u.s. citizens are legal and worth the trade-off for greater security. is this decision debatable? >> absolutely. and it should be debated. i know this week that general alexander was defending it. i think it raises more questions. what are they going to do with this data. who can legally have access to it? can any lawyer have access to it for any criminal case, divorce case? there are all kinds of legal questions raised by this. how many people are having their calls listened to. he wasn't clear. they talked about meta-data. ask anyone on the street if they understand what that is. people are saying i'm on the internet all the time, on my cell phone, i have to have the expectation that someone is listening. the question is what is going to h
the obama administration defends the surveillance programs as an indispensable matter of security. >> my concern has always been not that we shouldn't do intelligence gathering to prevent terrorism, but rather are we setting up a system of checks and balances. >> question, the u.s. government has decided in secret that intrusions on the privacy of u.s. citizens are legal and worth the trade-off for greater security. is this decision debatable? >> absolutely. and it should be...
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. >> reporter: lawyers for the obama administration, in defense of affirmative action, pressed that claim to a skeptical supreme court. here's an excerpt. >> the two applicants are entirely the same in all other respects. >> the point -- >> and if the ability to give a racial preference means anything at all, it certainly has to mean that the minority student gets in and the other one doesn't. >> i disagree, justice scalia. what texas i think has made clear -- not everyone in underrepresented group gets a preference, gets a plus factor. >> it's not a matter of not everyone. it's a matter of two which are identical in all other respects. >> right. >> what does the racial preference mean if it doesn't mean in that situation the minority applicant wins and the other one loses? >> lawyers for the university unable to say how much diversity is enough or just when considering race may no longeren necessary. the only thing to have changed since the supreme court allowed race to be considered ten years ago is the composition of the court. the author of that decision, justice sand california o'con
. >> reporter: lawyers for the obama administration, in defense of affirmative action, pressed that claim to a skeptical supreme court. here's an excerpt. >> the two applicants are entirely the same in all other respects. >> the point -- >> and if the ability to give a racial preference means anything at all, it certainly has to mean that the minority student gets in and the other one doesn't. >> i disagree, justice scalia. what texas i think has made clear -- not...
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here reveal that even if you're not doing anything wrong they're being watched and recorded and the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but edward snowden. says it's not government persecution that he fears he said the greatest fear that i have regarding these revelations is that nothing will change. another famous whistleblower joining a song has published a statement in support of snowden which was also full of criticism of president obama we can expand our believes obama's promises of hope and change have been broken he also hit out at the u.s. president for a lack of transparency and persecuting whistleblowers while playing judge jury and executioner all over the world geo political analyst and founder of stop imperialism dot com editor draitser thinks snowden will cause the white house even more headaches. diplomatic problems could arise but we also know that glenn greenwald along with snowden have not released all of the information it's entirely possible that they're holding something back to use
here reveal that even if you're not doing anything wrong they're being watched and recorded and the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers under the espionage act than all previous administrations combined but edward snowden. says it's not government persecution that he fears he said the greatest fear that i have regarding these revelations is that nothing will change. another famous whistleblower joining a song has published a statement in support of snowden which was also...
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this say blow to the obama administration. yesterday the administration put out a pretty strongly worded statement urging hong kong to act quickly to extra diet snowden. that, of course, did not happen. he is now in moscow. today one senior administration official tells me that there are concerns about this from the administration, the fact that hong kong would allow this to happen. so that is how the administration is handling this. of course, behind the scenes it really only creates more tensions between the u.s. and beijing. there have been a lot of tensions due to accusations on diver attac cyber a being at thats on both sides. what's been interesting, mara, they're really bipartisan calls for edward snowden to come back and face justice. mike rogers earlier today on "meet the press" made that point, called on snowden to come back to the united states and face his charges as well as loretta sanchez. take a listen to what she has to say. >> clearly under the laws that the congress has city set and the supreme court under it
this say blow to the obama administration. yesterday the administration put out a pretty strongly worded statement urging hong kong to act quickly to extra diet snowden. that, of course, did not happen. he is now in moscow. today one senior administration official tells me that there are concerns about this from the administration, the fact that hong kong would allow this to happen. so that is how the administration is handling this. of course, behind the scenes it really only creates more...
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the obama administration is now turning up the pressure on authorities in hong kong, where snowden is believed to be. as dan raviv reports, the u.s. and hong kong have an extradition treaty, and the white house expects hong kong to honor it. >> reporter: the white house says if hong kong doesn't extradite edward snowden soon, that would complicate relations with the u.s. and in a radio interview with cbs' mark knoller, president obama's national security adviser, tom donilon, pressed the point. >> reporter: the criminal complaint has three charges, two of them under the espionage act: but it's complicated. in 1997, hong kong, a british colony, was transferred to china. it remains semi-independent with its own legal system, but the chinese government has significant influence. snowden's fate may really be up to beijing. international law professor stephen vladeck: >> the problem with extradition law is that it is so much political rather than legal that there's always the possibility that someone is whispering in someone's ear in a back room, and that that more than any of the legal fo
the obama administration is now turning up the pressure on authorities in hong kong, where snowden is believed to be. as dan raviv reports, the u.s. and hong kong have an extradition treaty, and the white house expects hong kong to honor it. >> reporter: the white house says if hong kong doesn't extradite edward snowden soon, that would complicate relations with the u.s. and in a radio interview with cbs' mark knoller, president obama's national security adviser, tom donilon, pressed the...